Gothamist: Park Slope Parking Reprieve Starts Next Week

snowman

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:28:25 -0500

"street cleaners pick up 95% of the trash... i'd say that's a pretty good thing." I used to live on a busy block that was never street-cleaned because of a police station on the other side of the street. Amazingly the street was not filthy even despite not being cleaned 4 times a week. The whole street cleaning phenomenon is incredibly wasteful and is 100% about making $ for the city by ticketing cars that don't move. If they were so worried about cleaning things, don't you think they could run the street cleaners less often and maybe put some of that effort into cleaning subway stations or something. Have you seen how filthy the average subway station is??

famdoc

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:37:15 -0500

This is a very misguided strategy to sign changing. People from all over the city have become aware of the suspension and will warehouse their cars in Park Slope, making it nearly impossible for those of us (yes, fat and lazy yuppies) to use our cars. I use my car only for shopping and to visit out-of-the-city friends and family. Now, I will have an even bigger challenge legally parking my car when I return. This should be done on a block-by-block basis, with suspension of parking regulations in effect for only as long as it take to replace each block's signs.

thefacts

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:17 -0500

#2 you are a pompous ass with a bloated opinion worth nothing.

zodak

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:33:52 -0500

those street sweepers actually do clean the street. i've watched them in action & was surprised with the results. of course we wouldn't need them if people weren't such pigs.

edEx

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:23:24 -0500

#2 street cleaners pick up 95% of the trash... i'd say that's a pretty good thing.

schematic

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:47:38 -0500

People have already started coming from adjacent areas to enjoy our liberal parking environment. This is good news if you barely ever use your car, but horrible news if you use it regularly, as the parking landscape will be frozen in time as if cars were stuck to the asphalt with restaurant goo.

bklynd

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:16:57 -0500

Furthermore, people shouldn't even own cars, because it makes them selfish and fat, and the streets should be grassed over for children to play on, and then the air in NYC would be pure and well populated with butterflies.

lanciano

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:40:39 -0500

if people would go outside with a broom and sweep up their 15 feet of sidewalk and gutter, we'd all be in great shape. everyone knows those street sweepers do nothing but scatter trash and then smear the street with restaurant goop and whatever else it rolls over. they don't actually make anything cleaner. they're just a red herring that enables the city make $$$$$$$$$$ ticketing parked cars.